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People often find themselves being misled by adverts promising ‘perfect’ products online, only to find out the real product is not quite so shiny and new. But one man had no intention of misleading buyers when he penned his brutally honest advert for his car, where he likened the Volvo to ‘a skip full of dog turds’. Tommy … Read more
People often find themselves being misled by adverts promising ‘perfect’ products online, only to find out the real product is not quite so shiny and new. But one man had no intention of misleading buyers when he penned his brutally honest advert for his car, where he likened the Volvo to ‘a skip full of dog turds’. Tommy … Read more
A church treasurer was struck by a Volvo and killed after stepping into the road to take a floodlit picture of the I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! castle, an inquest heard. Mother-of-two Sharn Iona Hughes, 58, travelled ten miles from her home to Gwrych Castle in Abergele, North Wales to see the lights on the … Read more
That’s what you call HIGH safety standards: Volvo drops ten of its cars from a 100-foot crane in extreme durability tests of its latest models Volvo performed the stunt to better understand how well its cars can withstand collisions at very high speeds The Swedish brand has its own crash test facility but says it’s … Read more
Swedish car maker Volvo has patented a system that could allow customers to choose if they want the steering wheel in the middle of the car, or moved to the left or ride side of the vehicle. Sketches show a design that allows the wheel to be moved to three locations across the dashboard and … Read more
Volvo is synonymous with making safe cars but its biggest model, the Volvo XC90, has been named the least reliable model in the UK by a comprehensive report. Which? polled 47,000 car owners as part of its Reliability Survey and the huge Volvo 4X4 came bottom in the rankings. Nearly three quarters of owners with … Read more
Volvo recalls 170,000 UK cars due to ‘extremely rare’ seatbelt fault By Rob Hull For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 10:31 BST, 1 July 2020 | Updated: 13:00 BST, 1 July 2020 Volvo Cars has confirmed it is recalling 2.2 million vehicles worldwide due to an ‘extremely rare’ seatbelt safety issue, which impacts almost 170,000 UK cars. The … Read more
A father is raffling his four-bedroom house in Yorkshire – along with his Volvo SUV – for just £1, so he can move his family to Australia. Dale Tate, from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, has been struggling to sell his home amid the coronavirus pandemic, and decided to take matters into his own hands by offering the … Read more
Elderly female driver hits five pedestrians as she drives her Volvo estate car into socially-distanced queue outside Morrisons supermarket A car driven by an ‘elderly female’ has hit five pedestrians in Paignton, Devon The Volvo V70 crashed into the pedestrians outside Morrisons on Totnes Road Police and paramedics are at the scene, with the extent of … Read more
Order books opened today for Volvo’s first all-electric car – the XC40 Recharge Pure Electric P8 compact sports utility vehicle – costing from £53,155. That’s more than twice the price of the cheapest petrol-powered XC40 currently on sale. It is the first of five electric cars to be launched by the Swedish car firm over … Read more